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PREFACE. 



which they are founded, incontestably prove their 

 justice. It will appear from them, that the Islands 

 called in that chart Los Monjes, and placed in 

 exact par Jlel with the Sandwich Islands, are the 

 Sandwich Islands so named by Captain Cook by a 

 pretended right of discm^ery, and can be no other. 

 That he was i2;norant of the existence of tliis chart, 

 it is impossible to believe; nor is it easy to avoid the 

 conclusion, that the truth was wilfully and design- 

 edly withheld from the world, with the express 

 design of decking himself and his country with 

 honours filched from another nation. Captain 

 Cook assumed the same privilege of appropria- 

 ting to himself what was the right of otliers, in 

 New Holland, New Zealand, the New Hebrides, 

 (the Cyrlades of M. Bougainville) and various 

 other places, which the limits of this article will not 

 permit the author to specify. The reader is referred 

 to Kippis' Life of Cook, pp. 88, 97, 258, 281, 289, 

 345, 354, 409, 416, fcc. 



It is worthy of remark, that Dr. Kippis, probably 

 in behalf of his hero, affects ignorance of this chart 

 of the Los Monjes, or Sandwich Islands. " Happy," 

 says he, " would it have been for I ord Anson, if he 

 had known that there .existed a group of Islands 

 half-way between America and Tinian, where all 

 his wants would have been effectually supplied, and 

 the different hardships to which he was exposed, 

 have been avoided." 



It is presumed enough has been adduced to ex- 

 plain to the reader on what foundation stands the 

 claim of Captain Cook, to the high reput ition con- 

 ferred on him by the Reviewer, for " honour and 

 generosity." The author can conceive little of 

 either, in these attempts to rob the bold and original 

 navigators that preceded him, and who neglected 

 to secure it to themselves, of the honour of those 



